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thefourthman wrote:But that's not quite true. Cap fought Hitler and from all appearances, the Marvel Universe is an exact replica of the real Universe until the dawn of Super-Heroes. Not only that, at least in appearance (if not in admittance from editorial) Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama have all been the president during their terms. The whole conceit of Marvel over DC is that it is indeed based in the real world.

I just think it is a particularly odd thing to note about the book.

Like I said, I can understand some of the complaints. This one seems really odd to me.

But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

OMCTO

thefourthman wrote:But that's not quite true. Cap fought Hitler and from all appearances, the Marvel Universe is an exact replica of the real Universe until the dawn of Super-Heroes. Not only that, at least in appearance (if not in admittance from editorial) Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama have all been the president during their terms. The whole conceit of Marvel over DC is that it is indeed based in the real world.

I just think it is a particularly odd thing to note about the book.

Like I said, I can understand some of the complaints. This one seems really odd to me.

But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

Son of Stein

thefourthman wrote:But that's not quite true. Cap fought Hitler and from all appearances, the Marvel Universe is an exact replica of the real Universe until the dawn of Super-Heroes. Not only that, at least in appearance (if not in admittance from editorial) Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama have all been the president during their terms. The whole conceit of Marvel over DC is that it is indeed based in the real world.

Like I said, I can understand some of the complaints. This one seems really odd to me.

But the Hitler in Captain America was just Hitler. Now if we find out that Adolph suddenly fought Thanos in 1939, then he's not 'just Hitler' anymore.

Son of Stein

thefourthman wrote:But that's not quite true. Cap fought Hitler and from all appearances, the Marvel Universe is an exact replica of the real Universe until the dawn of Super-Heroes. Not only that, at least in appearance (if not in admittance from editorial) Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama have all been the president during their terms. The whole conceit of Marvel over DC is that it is indeed based in the real world.

Like I said, I can understand some of the complaints. This one seems really odd to me.

But the Hitler in Captain America was just Hitler. Now if we find out that Adolph suddenly fought Thanos in 1939, then he's not 'just Hitler' anymore.

Rain Partier

Eli Katz wrote:But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

Kurt Busiek just wrote a Spider-man story where him and Captain America fought a team called the Rogue scholars, which consisted of Tesla, Darwin, Marie Curie and one other I cannot remember.

Rain Partier

Eli Katz wrote:But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

Kurt Busiek just wrote a Spider-man story where him and Captain America fought a team called the Rogue scholars, which consisted of Tesla, Darwin, Marie Curie and one other I cannot remember.

Outhouse Editor

Eli Katz wrote:But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

I get that you don't like the rest of the book... that's cool. Did you read the first issue? Cause that is the set up for why Da Vinci is involved. There is some time hokum going on. Not gonna say that makes it better, but in a world where Steve Rogers can play Quantum Leap with himself and the Avengers travel to the future on a regular basis or SPider-Man and Wolverine can time travel to the caveman period, it seems odd to take issue with Da Vinci travelling to the fifties.

Outhouse Editor

Eli Katz wrote:But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

I get that you don't like the rest of the book... that's cool. Did you read the first issue? Cause that is the set up for why Da Vinci is involved. There is some time hokum going on. Not gonna say that makes it better, but in a world where Steve Rogers can play Quantum Leap with himself and the Avengers travel to the future on a regular basis or SPider-Man and Wolverine can time travel to the caveman period, it seems odd to take issue with Da Vinci travelling to the fifties.

OMCTO

AMS wrote:Kurt Busiek just wrote a Spider-man story where him and Captain America fought a team called the Rogue scholars, which consisted of Tesla, Darwin, Marie Curie and one other I cannot remember.

OMCTO

AMS wrote:Kurt Busiek just wrote a Spider-man story where him and Captain America fought a team called the Rogue scholars, which consisted of Tesla, Darwin, Marie Curie and one other I cannot remember.

The Red Stands for Irony

Eli Katz wrote:But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

The Red Stands for Irony

Eli Katz wrote:But Cap fought Hitler in World War 2. I said, in my review, that I acknowledge that contemporary events sometimes intrude Marvel comics.

I'm not crazy about Renaissance Italians suddenly being alive and acting as a big players in the Marvel Universe. This is something new and it doesn't really fit with the way Marvel works as a fictional world. What's next? Will Spidey being fighting time-traveling Napoleon? Will Red Skull be teaming up with resurrected Nero or Cortez to conquer the world? I hope not.

But I will say it again: I could look past this use of historical figures if the rest of the book was good. Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not entertaining, and so the use of historical figures is just one more element for me that detracts from the story.

Outhouse Editor

Amoebas wrote:But the Hitler in Captain America was just Hitler. Now if we find out that Adolph suddenly fought Thanos in 1939, then he's not 'just Hitler' anymore.

So in time travel stories, it is only okay for the fictional characters to time travel and do things? As such, you will run into problems, because every time travel story ever has the time traveller run into an important figure of the travelled to time.

It's okay to say I hate time travel. It's okay to say that I hate historical figures.

It's not okay to say that in a universe that has used historical figures and time travel since the dawn of its inception, that it is not okay to use time travel and historical figures or worse yet to put crazy ass arbitrary rules on the use of time travel or historical figures.

Outhouse Editor

Amoebas wrote:But the Hitler in Captain America was just Hitler. Now if we find out that Adolph suddenly fought Thanos in 1939, then he's not 'just Hitler' anymore.

So in time travel stories, it is only okay for the fictional characters to time travel and do things? As such, you will run into problems, because every time travel story ever has the time traveller run into an important figure of the travelled to time.

It's okay to say I hate time travel. It's okay to say that I hate historical figures.

It's not okay to say that in a universe that has used historical figures and time travel since the dawn of its inception, that it is not okay to use time travel and historical figures or worse yet to put crazy ass arbitrary rules on the use of time travel or historical figures.

Rain Partier

[spoiler]In the issue Darwin created a situation where Sandman would become a giant monster, and he would somehow come out looking like a hero. The whole excercise was a ploy by Darwin so he could mack on Marie Curie.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]In the issue Darwin created a situation where Sandman would become a giant monster, and he would somehow come out looking like a hero. The whole excercise was a ploy by Darwin so he could mack on Marie Curie.[/spoiler]

Outhouse Editor

AMS wrote:[spoiler]In the issue Darwin created a situation where Sandman would become a giant monster, and he would somehow come out looking like a hero. The whole excercise was a ploy by Darwin so he could mack on Marie Curie.[/spoiler]

Outhouse Editor

AMS wrote:[spoiler]In the issue Darwin created a situation where Sandman would become a giant monster, and he would somehow come out looking like a hero. The whole excercise was a ploy by Darwin so he could mack on Marie Curie.[/spoiler]

OMCTO

thefourthman wrote:I get that you don't like the rest of the book... that's cool. Did you read the first issue? Cause that is the set up for why Da Vinci is involved. There is some time hokum going on. Not gonna say that makes it better, but in a world where Steve Rogers can play Quantum Leap with himself and the Avengers travel to the future on a regular basis or SPider-Man and Wolverine can time travel to the caveman period, it seems odd to take issue with Da Vinci travelling to the fifties.

It's one thing for fictional characters to travel time in a fictional world; it's another thing completely for real people to time travel in a fictional universe. It fundamentally changes the boundaries and logic of the Marvel Universe.

OMCTO

thefourthman wrote:I get that you don't like the rest of the book... that's cool. Did you read the first issue? Cause that is the set up for why Da Vinci is involved. There is some time hokum going on. Not gonna say that makes it better, but in a world where Steve Rogers can play Quantum Leap with himself and the Avengers travel to the future on a regular basis or SPider-Man and Wolverine can time travel to the caveman period, it seems odd to take issue with Da Vinci travelling to the fifties.

It's one thing for fictional characters to travel time in a fictional world; it's another thing completely for real people to time travel in a fictional universe. It fundamentally changes the boundaries and logic of the Marvel Universe.

Rain Partier

Eli Katz wrote:It's one thing for fictional characters to travel time in a fictional world; it's another thing completely for real people to time travel in a fictional universe. It fundamentally changes the boundaries and logic of the Marvel Universe.

I think that wall was breached long ago with the likes of Sinister, Apocalypse, Kang, etc.. All of which operated all through out world history. I think at that point you take away the fact that marvel u was normal up until the 1950's, to the fact that is a place where all this crazy stuff was always going on. Given that I can accept that DaVinci was some kind of super genius who could create personal flying machines.

Rain Partier

Eli Katz wrote:It's one thing for fictional characters to travel time in a fictional world; it's another thing completely for real people to time travel in a fictional universe. It fundamentally changes the boundaries and logic of the Marvel Universe.

I think that wall was breached long ago with the likes of Sinister, Apocalypse, Kang, etc.. All of which operated all through out world history. I think at that point you take away the fact that marvel u was normal up until the 1950's, to the fact that is a place where all this crazy stuff was always going on. Given that I can accept that DaVinci was some kind of super genius who could create personal flying machines.

OMCTO

thefourthman wrote:So in time travel stories, it is only okay for the fictional characters to time travel and do things? As such, you will run into problems, because every time travel story ever has the time traveller run into an important figure of the travelled to time.

It's okay to say I hate time travel. It's okay to say that I hate historical figures.

It's not okay to say that in a universe that has used historical figures and time travel since the dawn of its inception, that it is not okay to use time travel and historical figures or worse yet to put crazy ass arbitrary rules on the use of time travel or historical figures.

When it comes to time travel stories, I follow Roger Ebert's advice: don't think too much about the implications of time travel and just accept that it happens for the sake of the story.

OMCTO

thefourthman wrote:So in time travel stories, it is only okay for the fictional characters to time travel and do things? As such, you will run into problems, because every time travel story ever has the time traveller run into an important figure of the travelled to time.

It's okay to say I hate time travel. It's okay to say that I hate historical figures.

It's not okay to say that in a universe that has used historical figures and time travel since the dawn of its inception, that it is not okay to use time travel and historical figures or worse yet to put crazy ass arbitrary rules on the use of time travel or historical figures.

When it comes to time travel stories, I follow Roger Ebert's advice: don't think too much about the implications of time travel and just accept that it happens for the sake of the story.

Rain Partier

Eli Katz wrote:When it comes to time travel stories, I follow Roger Ebert's advice: don't think too much about the implications of time travel and just accept that it happens for the sake of the story.

It is hard to do that though. Which is why I generally hate time travel stories period. If they do not subscribe to the "whatever happened, happened" thing then I do not care for it.

Rain Partier

Eli Katz wrote:When it comes to time travel stories, I follow Roger Ebert's advice: don't think too much about the implications of time travel and just accept that it happens for the sake of the story.

It is hard to do that though. Which is why I generally hate time travel stories period. If they do not subscribe to the "whatever happened, happened" thing then I do not care for it.